A review by divyasree1601
The Jewel by Amy Ewing

1.0

Yeeeeaaaaahhhh, I fell for the cover too.....I technically SHOULD have reviewed it before but voila here we are!
1 and half stars, REAL charming!


First off, the Characters
Oh. my. gosh. They were SO annoying. Their NAMES.



It should be named The Rainbow!
Ever heard people say "Oh gosh this book is dripping rainbows, it's so colourful!"? This one unfortunately is QUITE literal. The character names here are either colours or animals. Yes. There's Violet and her sister is Hazel. There's a Raven and her brother is Crow. And there's a Cinder and her brotheris ASH. I mean like SHIT.

The story line
was fucking dry. NOTHING happened. NOTHING. She went to The Jewel. There was a dry insta-love(Oh I'll get to that later). And poof the end.

The Love.
I had to. I had to put this as a seperate subheading, NOT sorry. I mean what the heck was THAT?! I actually LIKE insta love but THIS. She actually GRINS that wicked...I'm sorry but I really think I'm going to be sick. She doesnt even fight for him. It's like in the end, in the 'plot' she kind of FORGETS that she has fucking MAGIC. She couldnt saved him within an eye's blink! Instead she just surrenders him and wants to kill Carnelian. I know. Carnelian. Again. The name. Urgh.



The Plot.
This is why I'm giving it that half star. It was not like "OH SHIT WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED??!" but it was "Okay, at last some surprise". Counts for something right?



That's all I can say about it. I want to trash this book more, in fact. But I wont. Because Amy Ewing has really put effort into giving it to my hands, I have to respect her. You CAN read this book, it's fast paced, you'll fly over it. I'm not sure if you'll like it though. The writing style is okay. And for the love of the gods, this is NOTHING like The Selection, I actually gave Selection 4.5 I think. This was an experience. Idk if I'll continue the series. Maybe I'll take it when I want a fast read or in a slump.